In the interest of achieving greater compliance with the reporting requirements of the
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, the Office of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS) announced new compliance assistance efforts and enforcement guidelines for filers of Form LM-30
(Union Officer and Employee Reports). Under a cooperative agreement concluded with the AFL-CIO, OLMS
is not requiring new filers who submit their Form LM-30 reports by August 15, 2005, to submit reports
covering the same financial interests for any prior years, absent extraordinary circumstances.

In the course of providing compliance assistance to union officers and employees on the Form LM-30
requirements, OLMS has received numerous questions regarding Form LM-10 (Employer Reports). In
particular, some have inquired whether the Department intends to provide a similar -grace period- for
employers who have a legal obligation to file the Form LM-10, which is used to disclose certain
payments to unions and union officers, employees, and representatives.

Because of the current demands on OLMS resources in providing compliance assistance and guidance to
LM-30 filers, as well as processing new filers- forms, OLMS has not yet issued guidance on LM-10
reporting requirements, but expects to do so soon in the near future. This guidance will assist
affected employers in fully understanding the Form LM-10's recordkeeping and reporting requirements and
will include a grace period analogous to the LM-30 policy for the purpose of encouraging voluntary
compliance. Also consistent with OLMS's approach on Form LM-30, absent extraordinary circumstances,
until such guidance is issued and the full grace period has expired, as an exercise of enforcement
discretion, the Department will not take action to enforce the Form LM-10 reporting requirements,
unless there is already a pending investigation.

In the interim, the Department encourages employers to seek compliance assistance, advise OLMS of
any potential compliance difficulties, and propose methods for increasing compliance with Form LM-10's
requirements, as set forth in the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, without imposing undue
hardships on affected employers.

Information about the Form LM-10 Advisory, including links to the form and instructions, is available
on the OLMS Web site.